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One of the most common questions on the Yahoo Group is about practice space and where to find it. A list is being compiled here of practice spaces in the D.C. Metro Area, which you'll be able to access anytime through the link under "Resources For Musicians" in the right hand column. If you have something to add, please post it as a comment below. The list will be updated as people submit more information.

We pride ourselves at MetroMusicScene on the breadth of the music we cover —indie, pop, hard rock, hip-hop, reggae, among others. One genre we haven't covered until now has been choral music. It gives me great pleasure to preview The Key of Life, the final performance this season for the 18th Street Singers. I'm seen a few of their concerts, and I've been acquainted with several current and former members of the group during my tenure in this city. Comprised of young professionals from the melting pot of DC professions, the now 50-person chorus has injected the area's choral music scene with originality and energy for 13 years. Their versatility knows is practically limitless, as the group transitions effortlessly from American traditional and spiritual hymns to baroque and classical compositions, original pieces and the works of modern composers.

The Key of Life showcases love, loss, faith, and social justice in song. You can catch performances Saturday night or Sunday…

This week's calendar at The Black Cat has a little something, something for everyone. Wednesday brings California dream pop duo FYOHNA. The video for "Ghost Town", set against a dystopian backdrop, visually represents how the abstraction of Katarina Gleicher's vocals belie the naked emotion underlying the song's lyrics. The gauzy vocals, looping rhythm, and persistent piano riff underpinning the beat are at one familiar and new, sounding like an unreleased track from Sylvan Esso or Wye Oak (or some surprise collaboration between the two). You can catch FYOHNA Wednesday night on the back stage, with doors opening at 7:30.

Thursday night brings Athens psych folk outfit Oak House to the back stage. The austere, jazz-inflected melodies of the band, and soaring tenor of vocalist (and guitarist) Gresham Cash, evoke comparisons as as dissonant as Radiohead and My Morning Jacket. Nobody puts baby in a corner, and no music critic categorizes Oak House in any safe or predic…